Their
Kumaoni language forms the Central subgroup of the Pahari languages.
Kumaoni is one of the 325 recognized Indian languages, and is spoken
by over 2,360,000 (1998) people of Indian states of Uttarakhand
- Almora, Nainital, Pithoragarh, Bageshwar, Champawat, Rudrapur
(Udhamsingh Nagar) districts; U P; Assam; Bihar; Delhi; M .P; Maharashtra
and Punjab, besides being spoken in some regions of Himachal Pradesh
and Nepal.
Amongst its dialects, the Central Kumauni is spoken in Almora and
northern Nainital, North-eastern Kumauni is in Pithoragarh, South-eastern
Kumauni is in South-eastern Nainital, Western Kumauni is west of
Almora and Nainital.